Monthly Archive for September, 2008

: September, 2008

People often ask me why I run. I tell them: I run because I can. It’s pretty straightforward and simple. Lately, people have started asking me why I want to run 26.2 miles. (Holy moly. When I see that …

What a day! I completed my first “long walk” today – six miles! I’ve been doing my shorter walks on the treadmill at the gym. It’s cooler, I can watch tv, my son can play in the kids’ club – there are …

My number one excuse for not running more often is boredom. At the bottom of my thrill-list is the treadmill. After 5 minutes I feel like a hamster, running hard but going nowhere. Nothing new to see …

19 miles, baby! It is surreal to write those words, that number, when just a mere week ago I was sure my training days were in the pooper. This morning, this glorious cool morning, I ran 19 miles when …

Keeping a Log – Remembering Jim Fixx Jim Fixx, who died of a heart attack in his 50s while running on a hot July day in 1984, was a runner’s hero. Jim took running from the tracks to the masses in the …